ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,903, issued on May 12, was assigned to TOMCO2 SYSTEMS COMPANY (Loganville, Ga.).

"Subcooler for carbon dioxide distribution systems" was invented by Hugh Smith (Rome, Ga.) and John Romanos (Mobile, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon dioxide distribution system and carbon dioxide subcooler useable within such a system are disclosed. The carbon dioxide subcooler includes an insulated enclosure forming an interior volume, the insulated enclosure having a supply inlet, a supply outlet, and a cooling inlet in fluidic communication with the interior volume. The carbon dioxide subcooler further includes a coil supply tube positione...